Hippocrates (460-375 BCE)
"Life is short but art is long."
Attributed to Hippocrates in Hermotimus or On Philosophical Schools (section 1) by Lucian of Samosata...
An unknown 18th-century artist created this painting of Saint Eligius, an altruistic artisan and bishop who lived during the time of the Merovingian Frankish...
This rather damaged painting by an unknown 16th or 17th century artist re-creates an infamous legend from the history of ancient Rome. Specifically, it...
Plato (c. 427-347 BCE)
"If someone is self-disciplined and good-tempered, old age isn't too much of a burden; otherwise, it's not just a question of...
Thucydides (c.460-400 BCE)
"We should recognize that the proper basis of our security is in good administration rather than in the fear of legal penalties."
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(Coin of Phocas, via Creative Commons and Classical Numismatic Group)
The Incredible Story of the Byzantine Emperor Phokas (Ruled 602-610)
When we usually think of ancient...
Confucius (6th-5th century BCE)
"The demands that a gentleman makes are upon himself; those that a small man makes are upon others."
From The Analects...
Alexander Hamilton (c. 1755/1757-1804)
"Men, upon too many occasions, do not give their own understandings fair play; but, yielding to some untoward bias, they entangle...
